Manfred Von Richthofen

2006-12-19T21:14:00.000-08:00

The quality of my officers
are woefully lacking.

When you go to a diner party
you use a fork and a knife.
you shine your damn shoes,
o.k..

that means not
gettin' rip to the gills
singing drinking songs
in public.

Try not to act like
some 'gavones'
walking around the town
like a of bunch A-class
jerks.

Do you know why?

Because you're wearing
that god damn uniform.
That's why!

You open doors for the ladies.
Try to act like a gentleman.
Do you know what a gentleman is?
It means self control.

Do you want to be an officer
or a street punk?

Because you better make up
youe mind and
get your shit together.
So listen up!

Be polite.
Use some damn manners.

If you were born in a barn
I could understand,
but you weren't.
You were born in Cologne.
Cologne of all places!

So smartin' the fuck up!

I know you were raised
better then this.
So show me!

It's bad enough we fight.

If this happens again
you will be relieved
from your command
and grounded from flying.

I suggest
ordering the steak next time
they have excellent steak.

2006-09-28T15:02:00.000-07:00

Pow!
"What the fuck?
Ah man."
The engine was hit
and
I was going down.

damn it all
I could hear the bullets
wizing buy
i drop like a rock out of the sky.

Fuck!
Damn.

"Fuuck you man!"
Damn it.

I'm going to fire that bastard
when i get down.
fuck

the ground rushed up
I crashed through the tree into a field
fuck.

this is going to hurt.

2006-08-29T17:57:00.000-07:00

Manfred Von Richthofen

2006-08-29T17:51:00.000-07:00

I think you should paint it red,
Baron.
Candide was stylish
she look beautiful next to the new tri plane.
"I think that's wonderful idea.
Red.
Yeh I like that."

Candide had that 'smile' going on.
I love that smile.
She's so beautiful.
"We'll be married after the war Baron."
She wants to marry me.
I just have to laugh.

"Yes I would like that Cany
very much."
I knew that would never happen,
but I was in the moment.
And I wanted that moment to last forever.

2006-04-14T16:24:00.000-07:00

"Do you think this is easy?"
Candide knew I have been drinking too much.

"Sending people to die?
Do you really think this is easy?
Who the fuck do you think I am?
Do you think I want to send my friends to die?

These are choices that no man should make.
These are choices that should never be made!"

I love my pilots.
I never fly with heathens.
These are my brothers.
These are my friends.

I send them out.
I alone make this decision.
I choose the time.
I choose the place.

They are loyal to me
and to me alone.
What do you think?
Do you think this is a game?

Oh don't be so sure of yourself.
The hard choice is yet to made.
But I alone will make it.

2006-02-17T15:26:00.000-08:00

Candide ran around with a bottle of champagne
blessing the New Years Eve crowd liberally.
"Bless you!"
"Bless you!"

The officers were greatly amused.
I was slightly beside myself.
She had stolen the show.

Candide was a woman
in command.

She played me pro.
And I loved her deeply for it.
And she knew it.

Because I was growing cold.
But she brought me back
again
and again.
And I love her so.

"I love you Candide!"

She smiled and the
whole world smiled with her.

by Steve Real

2005-08-28T01:02:00.000-07:00

1.

Oz' looked over at me,
he didn't have to say a word.
The young lady was clearly
in trouble
and Boelcke
was not about to watch her get
slap again.

"I think you've had enough
for one evening"
Oz' said to the attacker
"leave her alone and
I'll let you walk out of here
in one piece."
I didn't understand French
too well,
but it was clear
she was grateful for
the intervention.

The attacker grab her by the neck
he said
"What's your problem flyboy?"

Boelcke didn't wait to answer
He launched at the attacker
with full force
Os' was clearly out of his league
The attacker swung him into
the pub floor with one hand
and proceeded to pound Oswald Boelcke
like a punching bag.

I step in with
the only option I had,
a lovely bottle
of Lafite Rothschild '87.
"Whack!"
The bottle exploded
on the man's Neanderthal head
He drop like a sack of potatoes

"Why thankyou Manfred"
Os' said nasally,
with blood pouring
out of his nose.

"My friend,
anything in the service
of an honorable man."
I reached down
and pulled Boelcke off the
pub floor.
The young lady was completely
in tears
kissing Boelcke's face
The pub was cheering Os'
for his heroic antics
apparently,
this guy
had been the local brute
for a while.

2.

I think I had
a little too much
to drink
Candide's eyes were shining
brilliant green
We dance as the band played on
hoping to hold
this moment
forever
The ballroom was hot
with people

"Manfred,
why do fly?"
Candide inquired

I pulled her closer
and whisper in her ear

"The same reason
I love you
you're my life."
I kissed her

"Please,
don't fly
Manfred"

3.

I love looking
at Candide's face
in the morning light
she is a particuliarly beautiful
woman
I love to watch
her breath

in
and
out

She has a classic face
right off a Greek statue
I still question
how did I get to be
with her
I put my uniform on
it's still dark outside
I try to be quite
and
let her sleep
a staff car is heading over
to pick me up

"Hey Manfred?"
she says with her eyes closed
still lying in bed
"You know,
I love you
right?"

"Yeah,
I know Candy,
and I love you too"
I lean over
and kiss her
She holds onto me
tightly
"I have to go"
I open the door
to the cold air

"Goodluck Manfred"

4.

Immelmann loved his cars
He took the city streets
like it was his own
personnel property

"Slow down Max!
Hey!
do you hear me?"

Max was a little too
into himself
He gets too
lost in the moment

"Manfred
my friend,
Speed is life!
We need
to go faster!"

The tires grip
the wet streets
of Berlin

"Technology is the answer,
We have to go faster
We have to be smarter
and build it all cheaper!"

Immelmann
dump the clutch
into second gear
exploding fuel in the pistons
pushing me back into my seat

"Hammer down!"

"Man!
Immelmann
Slowdown!"

I couldn't help
myself from laughing

"Your nuts Max!"

Immelmann look at me
"There's an answer
in this gear box!
I just know its'
got to be
in there,
somewhere,
The answers
in here,
It's in here,
Manfred"

The car's engine
was winding out
he push
the front end
we hit the curb
It was scary!

"Do you like to ski
Manfred?"

5.
Candide cut across the morning fog
her horse knew the path
as if it cantered it a thousand times
I love my horse
I love everything about her
I feel ancient
when I ride her

Candide was coming up
to the edge of the field
You could feel the rain start
Candide looks back
and she smiles
Her face tells me
the story
Candide's horse picks up the pace
they're heading for the forest
the rain is coming down,
hard!
"Hurry Manfred!"

"Yeow!"
It's raining!"

6.

Man my head hurts!
It's got to be
those bodies
I just can't think
anymore.
What's going on?

Can you smell it?
Death in the air
in the water
in the mud.
Why can't I remember?

I have a duty,
an honor
to perform,
a job
to do.

They want me to stop
and their concern
is well earned
But I must fly

My head,
hurts,
so bad.
Why can't I remember?

The bodies
stacked up like wood
I get disgusted
I have changed
this isn't
the same world
that I started

My confidence
is tilted
My prayers
are weak
My faith
has been jilted
My life
at a peek

But still,
why can't
I remember?

3.

Oswald's plane
dumps into a barrowroll
and pushes down invertedly
picking up speed
the sun was behind us
they didn't hear a thing
we were so high above them

This machine
it's perfect
Immelman was right
"Go Os!"

The plane rip the wind
It was a mad rush down
I was charged up
The Engine 'winds out'

"Steady"
"Steady"
I chanted to myself

The Englishmen senses us in the Sun
and breaks!

"I have you!"
The plane flies perfect
it is the best one yet

"Steady"
I pull the trigger
"Wrack!"
shouts the gun

Time slows as the bullet stream
cuts the plane in half
The pilot looks at me
I see his eyes

The plane explodes

"Holy Shit!"
"Wow!"